posted by Siddhartha in Uncategorized the October 18th, 2008 ~ No Comments »
In the mythology Seven has various significances. Be it Judaism, Chirtanity or Hinduism, Seven has always been associated with good. In Indian music there are only 'sapta swars' i.e. Seven octats which are the building blocks of hundreds of Ragas. People familiar with Indian music know about the richness of Indian music.
The 'Seven' present at the Women's Forum, coming from different continents, shared their experiences and, through their motivational talk, they forced people ...
posted by Sophie in Uncategorized the October 18th, 2008 ~ No Comments »
Meeting Sandrine Devillard was an amazing opportunity to learn more about McKinsey’s global partnership with the Women’s Forum which she leads as Head of the McKinsey Women EMEA initiative and member of the Forum’s Advisory Board. Published for the 2007 Forum, Women Matter: Gender diversity, a corporate performance driver was followed up in 2008 with a new study, Women Matter 2 which offers new insights on ...
posted by Melissa in Uncategorized the October 18th, 2008 ~ No Comments »
Today, I made the acquaintance of a group of remarkable women from Latvia, Oman, Morocco and Beligum/Spain, who are dedicated to improving the lives of their fellow citizens, granting access to information, education and civic life through education on IT systems. Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential program has gathered these women here in Deauville, France to talk about their mission to decrease the digital divide in their communities, and in the process, ...
posted by Besma in Uncategorized the October 18th, 2008 ~ No Comments »
Having a break at the Women’s Forum enables you to meet amazing people! That’s how I met Sandra Liliana Sanchez…
Sandra was 7 years old when she moved to the suburb “El Paraiso”, located in a shantytown in Ciudad Bolivar (South of Bogota, Colombia). When one of her old neighbours died of hunger there, she decided to fight loneliness and poverty to make life better for her neighbours and started to conduct ...
posted by Besma in Uncategorized the October 18th, 2008 ~ No Comments »
Information, knowledge, cleverness, diversity, balance...
What do media bring to the consumer?
Do media bring what the consumer is asking for? as said Xavier Couture. Do "the consumers have the power now"? Or do media bring the user what they are "supposed to", like objective information and knowledges about what happens in the world?
Many interesting issues and concerns can be underlined regarding this topic.
First, Xavier Couture observed a lack of personnalisation in the media, which ...
posted by Kanika in Uncategorized the October 18th, 2008 ~ No Comments »
Science and math - cold and mechanical .... Women - warm, sensitive and team builders... so how do the 2 fit in together.. this was exactly what we got together to discuss and gain insights about in the session "What difference do women make in science and technology".
A lot of interesting points came up regarding why women have such a low representation in this field and whether increasing the participation would actually ...
posted by Geetu in Uncategorized the October 18th, 2008 ~ No Comments »
Women make great entreprenuers, concluded the panel of eminent speakers from the banking industry, private equity, and successful women entrepreuers alike at the Women's Forum 2008 in Deauville, France. Women are cautious and careful in their spending, they take calculated risks, they always pay their debt on time and most importantly, budding business women have brilliant ideas !!. Yet statistics is still not in favor of women when we start looking ...
posted by Sophie in Uncategorized the October 18th, 2008 ~ No Comments »
In recent years, many new communication tools and technologies have been developed. Constant miniaturization has led to combining more and more devices into one. Today, it is possible to have one device with high-speed Wi-Fi Internet comprising a computer, a phone and a multimedia player.
In this context of rapid innovation, it is interesting to take a closer look at how women’s lives have been affected by the multiplication of communication ...
posted by Charlotte in Uncategorized the October 17th, 2008 ~ No Comments »
What an incredible atmosphere during the conversation with Clara Rojas! The room was overcrowded and everybody was listening very carefully to what she was saying. What a lesson of life! In our western world where everyone is stressed, absorbed by his/her financial, social and personal issues, everybody has to hear what that kind of person has to say. With a total calm, she explained how she felt and how she ...
posted by Flora in Uncategorized the October 17th, 2008 ~ No Comments »
People are increasingly aware of what we do to the environment. But few people have an explicit idea of the price we have to pay for the CO2 emssion. In a Climate Club by PWC in the women's forum, an interesting website is designed to calculate the price for CO2 emssions. For example, it costs Euro 117 to offset the harm of a round trip for Shanghai to Paris to the environment. Amazing cost.
I did a research when ...
